Editors Note:  The Firehouse 4 Golf Outing scheduled for June 1st has been POSTPONED. Fire Chief Mike Haydon reports that the event has been re-scheduled for Saturday, August 10th at 8 a.m.  More information will follow. The Constantine Fire Department Association will be hosting the Firehouse 4 Open on June 1, 2013 at St. Joe [...]

More than 40 people attended the Meek’s Mill Garden Club (MMGC) annual plant auction, held Tuesday (May 14) at Constantine Middle School. The school wood shop class donated several large items to be auctioned off. Guest Annie Richmond bought a planter-bench. A business meeting followed the auction. The Michigan Garden Council presented the club with [...]

Free health screenings, information on local resources offered More than 1,000 senior citizens and veterans joined three state lawmakers and many local groups and businesses at Monday’s eighth annual Senior and Veterans Expo at the Antwerp Township Activity Center. The focus of the expo was to provide those who attended with access to the more [...]

Asian carp threaten Great Lakes, which support millions of U.S. jobs and billions of dollars of economic activity each year WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, joined a bipartisan group of Members of Congress from Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin in requesting that the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee prioritize the protection of the [...]

We are all mortal, which means that we are all terminal and our days on earth are limited. I will, on occasion, mention the passing of friends in this column. I don’t do this to be morbid, but I do it because these individuals meant a lot to me, and I’m sure they meant a [...]

After recent ‘introductory sessions’, the newly-formed River Country Resilience Circle has announced the schedule for upcoming sessions regarding the group and the concepts related to it. The meetings will be held at Grassroots Solutions at 57239 North Main Street, # 4 in Three Rivers.  The location is in the same building with State Farm Insurance [...]

If you missed the recent UGRR Wax Museum portrayed by the students from Sam Adams Elementary in Cassopolis, here is another opportunity to enjoy this educational, fun experience. Stacey Bonine and Colette Konkle’s 4th grade class from Angling Road Elementary in Portage will portray characters from the Underground Railroad at the Bonine House, Penn Rd and M60 in Vandalia, [...]

If you plan to drive in downtown Kalamazoo this week, you may be interested in this advisory from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT): There will be single-lane closures on southbound M-331 (Westnedge Avenue) for pavement repairs in Kalamazoo from 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, through 3 p.m. Thursday, May 16. The closures will be [...]

WHITE PIGEON, MI – White Pigeon Community Schools will be hosting a public groundbreaking on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at 5:30 PM at Central Elementary.  The purpose of the groundbreaking event is to celebrate the community support for the 5-year sinking fund improvement projects.  Staff, parents, community members and students are encouraged to attend. “The [...]

The Constantine Public Schools Board of Education heard administrative reports, including a couple of new KVA League sports rules from Athletic Director Mike Messner, on Monday (May 13). “Middle School sports will be able to begin the ’14th Monday before Thanksgiving’ so we’ll have one or two football games before Labor Day weekend. Middle School [...]

COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI – Following a tour of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant with Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Kristine Svinicki, Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, issued the following statement: “We believe the source of the May 5 leak has been found,” said Upton, who serves as Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. “A thorough [...]

This week at the Riviera… Super Happy Funtime Burlesque, M.Sord, ‘Room 237′ and more! For additional information, click here.

The Lockport Township Board is looking to the City of Three Rivers Fire Department (TRFD) for fire protection in that portion of the township now served by the Fabius-Park Fire Department (FPFD). In action during their May meeting Monday evening (May 13), board members voted unanimously to accept a proposal for a 15-year service contract [...]

Upton joined by U.S. Senators Levin and Stabenow in letter to federal agency KALAMAZOO, MI – Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, with U.S. Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow sent a letter last week strongly urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to complete the “total removal of all PCB contaminated materials from the Allied [...]

Flower planting is on the agenda for Wednesday afternoon (May 15) as a follow-up to the very successful ‘Community Pride Day’ activities in Three Rivers on Saturday (May 11). Christy Trammell, executive director of the Three Rivers Downtown Development Authority (DDA), said, “We were not able to plant flowers Saturday because, with the frost advisory, [...]

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) reports there will be moving lane closures for pothole repairs on southbound M-40 from Gobles to Paw Paw in Van Buren County from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday (May 15). Source:  News release from Michigan Department of Transportation

Attention, all amateur grillers and backyard chefs! New to this year’s Three Rivers Water Festival will be a Backyard Barbecue Competition. The event, sponsored by Kackies Que and Century Bank and Trust, will take place on Friday, 14 June, from 2 to 9 p.m.. in the Community Tent area at the back of Scidmore Park. [...]

The Constantine Police Department reports that on April 28th, shortly before midnight, a resident of Whispering pines Mobile Home Park in Constantine was robbed at gun point.  His residence was entered by two suspects and he was duct-taped to a chair while his home was ransacked.  A large amount of cash was taken including gold [...]

CENTREVILLE – E. Nate Pierson has been awarded the Third Annual Professor Emeritus B. Swartz Scholarship for Excellence in Mathematics. Pierson is graduating from Glen Oaks Community College with an Associate of General Studies degree and will begin classes at Western Michigan University this fall where he will be studying mechanical engineering. He is a [...]

The Domestic and Sexual Abuse Services (DASAS) of Greater St. Joseph County 5K Run and Walk will be held this coming Saturday (May 18) at the Three Rivers High School track.  The race will begin on the track and run out Sixth Avenue and back onto the track for the finish. The event will get [...]